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Techies are paying $700 a month for tiny bed ‘pods’ in downtown San Francisco::px-captcha

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[–] TKRyer@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is just a shittier capsule hotel like they have in Japan. At least there they don’t charge you an arm and a leg for it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel

[–] anubis119@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wikipedia article puts the pricing in Japan between 18 to 36 USD per night. That's a range between 540 to 1080 USD per month. That makes San Francisco pricing average.

[–] TKRyer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Ooh good call! I was misremembering the price!

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